Serving mentally ill offenders : challenges and opportunities for mental health professionals /
Imprint: | New York : Springer, ©2002. |
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Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 354 pages) |
Language: | English |
Series: | Springer series on family violence Springer series on family violence. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11184147 |
Summary: | This comprehensive book addresses the complex issues associated with the criminalization of mentally ill offenders in the United States and the ways in which social workers and other mental health professionals can best channel their efforts to create better services and treatment. Specialists in law enforcement, community-based mental health and outreach, the legal community, the corrections environment, and substance abuse providers present best practices and programs that offer rehabilitation alternatives to mentally ill offenders. Unique to this volume is the perspective provided by key players of the criminal justice system including a judge, a prosecutor, an advocate, a defense attorney, and a mentally ill offender. The last section provides in-depth research into the challenges of placing the dually-diagnosed offender into alternative-to-incarceration programs. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 354 pages) |
Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780826197238 082619723X 0826115047 9780826115041 1281806579 9781281806574 9786611806576 6611806571 |